Cal Ripken, Jr. played his entire 21-year career with the Baltimore Orioles. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. Ripken is especially noted for playing in a record 2,632 consecutive MLB games, which earned him the nickname, 'The Iron Man.'
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Cal Ripken, Jr. played a total of 3,001 games in his Major League career, he had played a full 162 games 9 times, those being in 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1997. He played 163 games in 1996 which was the highest amount of games he had played in during the Regular Season.
Cal Ripken Jr. spent 4 seasons in the minor leagues: 1) 1978 - played for the Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League and batted .264 in 239 at bats with 0 HRs and 24 RBIs.
2) 1979 - played for the Miami Orioles of the Florida State League and the Charlotte O's of the Southern League. He batted .303 for Miami in 393 at bats with 5 HRs and 54 RBIs and batted .180 for Charlotte in 61 at bats with 3 HRs and 8 RBIs.
3) 1980 - played for the Charlotte O's of the Southern League and batted .276 with 25 HRs and 78 RBIs.
4) 1981 - played for the Rochester Red Wings of the International League and batted .288 in 437 at bats with 23 HRs and 75 RBIs.
Cal Ripken, Jr played in 19 All-Star games starting in 1983 until 2001. He was voted to these teams consecutively and played the short stop position in every game except the 2001 game at (the old) Yankee Stadium. He was originally assigned the third base postion, but Alex Rodriquez and American League manager Joe Torre made a fielding postional change before the first at bat for the National League and Cal Ripken, Jr started the game in his normal field position at short stop for their first inning in the field. He played the third base position for the next two innings and Rodriquez played short stop.
Cal Ripken Jr. played in 3,001 games between 1981-2001. As of the 2008 season, that ranks 8th on the all time list of games played in MLB history.
Cal Ripken Jr. player 21 Seasons from 1981 -2001 for the Baltimore Orioles. He made his Major League debut on August 10, 1981 against the KC Royals, and played his final Game October 6, 2001.
Cal Ripken Jr. played on the Rochester Red Wings for only half a season. During that time, he hit a total of 23 home runs for the team.
Cal Ripken played on one World Series Championship team. The 1983 Baltimore Orioles.
Cal Ripken Jr was Born August 24, 1960 in Havre De Grace, MD Cal will be 48 yaers old
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